Axel Hedlund

Axel Hedlund (1764–1833), Norwegian jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: AHL in a rectangle. Made silverware in the Empire style in St Petersburg, where he worked on imperial commissions.
Born: 1764, Norway
Died: 1833, St Petersburg
Movements:
Empire
Imperial Russian Jewellery 18th–19th Centuries

Norwegian jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: AHL in a rectangle. Born in Norway (1764). Master of the guild of foreign silversmiths in St Petersburg (1799) and alderman (1816). Worked on imperial commissions, including a field liturgy set for Tsar Alexander I (c. 1812) and a five-socket hanging candelabrum for the private chambers of Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna (1826). Died in St Petersburg (1833), where his work was continued by his widow (1833–39). Contributed to exhibitions, including Golden Age of Russian Jewellery Art at the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum Complex of History, Architecture and Art in Vladimir (2010–11) and Treasures of the Czars in the Moscow Kremlin Museums at Oca in the Parque do Ibirapuera in Sâo Paolo (2005).

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